The rate of opening of the Ethiopian Rift not only provides data for worldwide plate kinematics, it also reflects the deformation map of African crust. I am currently working on a mathematical description of strain distribution in locations such as Ethiopia (and Tibet) with low dynamic viscosities.
Bilham, R., R. Bendick, K. Larson, P. Mohr, J. Braun, S. Tesfaye, and L. Asfaw (1999) Secular and tidal strain across the main Ethiopian rift. Geophys. Res. Lett. 26:2789-2792.
| station | ºE | ºN | 1997 | 2003 | request |
| ADD1 | 38.7661 | 9.0353 | 194-271 | 5-23 | UNAVCO |
| BOKU | 39.2824 | 8.4722 | 191-196 | 12-17 | UNAVCO |
| BOLO | 39.5202 | 8.2576 | 188-199 | UNAVCO | |
| DUKA | 38.8837 | 8.8129 | 192-196 | UNAVCO | |
| GODE | 43.5678 | 5.9311 | 206-209 | UNAVCO | |
| GOD2 | 43.5678 | 5.9308 | 207 | 19-21 | UNAVCO |
| GOD3 | 43.5616 | 5.9174 | 208-209 | 142-150 | UNAVCO |
| KOLO | 38.5837 | 9.0811 | 193-195 | 144-148 | UNAVCO |
| MIEH | 39.3374 | 8.3461 | 188-192 | 6 | UNAVCO |
| REDG | 39.5310 | 8.2656 | 196-271 | 12-17 | UNAVCO |
| RIDG | 39.2435 | 8.5222 | 191 | 13-16 | UNAVCO |
| SELA | 39.438 | 8.2915 |
188 | 6-7 | UNAVCO |